13. Du Bois headed the National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP)
After a lifelong struggle, Du
Bois abandoned the United
States and moved to Africa
26. Wilson won the election of
1912, a three way race in
which the third party
candidate, Theodore
Roosevelt, outpolled
Taft, the Republican
incumbent
27. When war broke out in
Europe in August 1914,
Wilson immediately
declared the U.S. policy
of neutrality H/O
WW I
28. Owing to America's close
relationship with England and
relatively distant relationship
with Germany and Austria-
Hungary a number of Wilson's
advisors openly favored the
Allies
30. The British government
confiscated American ships.
They then paid for the cargo,
reducing the pressure that
American merchants would
otherwise have put on the U.S.
government to take action
49. Palmer Raids in early 1920:
the government abandoned
all pretext of respecting civil
liberties as its agents raided
union halls, pool halls, social
clubs, and residences to
arrest 4,000 suspected
radicals
54. Two years after America's
entry, the Germans were ready to
negotiate a peace treaty
Wilson wanted the
war treaty to be
guided by his
Fourteen Points
61. (1)passing the Fordney-McCumber
Tariff, (2) in promoting foreign
trade through providing huge loans
to the postwar Allied governments
who returned the favor by buying
U.S.-produced goods and
foodstuffs, and (3) by cracking
down on strikes
62. Once the war was over,
farmers were left with surplus
goods
… lobbied for the federal
government to buy the
excess
63. Coolidge vetoed the bill twice
1929, Congress established
the Farm Board to buy
surpluses and maintain
prices, but farmers
continued to grow as much
as they wanted
64. Harding administration is
remembered for its scandals
Teapot Dome Scandal
reserve land with rich oil
deposits had been set aside
under the jurisdiction of the
Navy Department
65. … involved a member
of Harding's cabinet,
two oil speculators,
and large bribes to
open the reserve for
drilling.
66. Twenties was also known
as the Jazz Age
The Great Migration had
transformed parts of
some Northern cities
into all-black
neighborhoods
67. flowering of African-
American culture called
the Harlem Renaissance
Harlem attracted African-
American
writers, artists, and
musicians from around the
nation to what was known
as the New Negro Movement.
68. Henry Ford perfected the assembly
line and mass production, which
lowered the cost of automobiles
allowed those who worked
in the cities to move farther
away from city
centers, thus giving birth to
the suburbs
69. radio followed automobiles in
changing the nation's culture
As more houses gained
access to electric
power, household
appliance sales boomed
72. With the entrance of
the United States into
World War I
prohibitionist forces
cloaked themselves in
the mantle of
patriotism
73. (1) prohibition would shift
thousands of tons of grain
from liquor manufacture to
war uses; (2) alcoholism led
to drunkenness, and a
drunken man was of no use
to the war effort;
74. and (3) most breweries and
whiskey distilleries were
owned by Germans. In
1917, Congress passed the
Eighteenth
Amendment, and the
states ratified it by 1919.
75. The large-scale manufacture
and smuggling of alcohol
became the business of
organized crime
Prohibition was
repealed in 1933.
76. red scare at the end of war
also resulted in legislation
restricting immigration
1921, the Immigration
Restriction Act was
passed and in 1924, the
National Origins Act
82. Herbert Hoover took
office in 1928
Lots of speculation in
the stock market.
But that was just one
of a number of
problems.
83. Among the weaknesses
in the U.S. economy
(1) the amount of stock
being bought on margin;
(2) depressed
agricultural prices
84. (3) the unequal
distribution of wealth
5 percent of the
population provided the
nation's invest-ment
capital and the majority
of its purchasing power
85. (4) the tax policies that
contributed to the
unequal distribution of
wealth;
(5) the expansion of
businesses
96. He authorized the funding
of the Home Loan Bank
Act and the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation
Hoover believed …
97. (1)helping the unemployed was
the responsibility of
churches, private agencies, and
local and state governments
(2) that giving a handout to the
unemployed would destroy
their self-respect and
individual initiative
98. (3) that a federal relief
program would bankrupt the
nation
(4) that a federal relief program
would dangerously enlarge the
power of the federal
government and create a
bloated bureaucracy
99. Farmers organized farm
committees to prevent
creditors from foreclosing
on their neighbors
1932, some twenty thousand
unemployed veterans descended
on Washington, D.C., demanding
payment of bonus not due until
1945
100. Shots werethe capital
Hoover dispatched fired
police to remove the veterans
General Douglas
MacArthur, who had been
told to stand ready in case of
trouble, ordered troops and
tanks into the fray
101. KEY PEOPLE and terms
Romare Bearden,
Sargent Johnson,
Augusta Savage
111. It was during this time
that the government
implemented most of the
major programs associated
with the First New Deal
Consult your text and notes for
program details
112. The First New Deal was an
immediate success
In the midterm elections of
1934, the Democrats
increased their majorities in
both houses.
136. In Latin America, the U.S. tried
in the 1920s to back away from
its previous interventionist
policy and replace it with the
Good Neighbor policy
137. the United States
continued to actively
promote its interests in
Latin America, often
to the detriment of
those who lived there
138. U.S. mainly achieved its
foreign policy objectives
through economic coercion
and support of pro-
American leaders (some of
whom were corrupt and
brutal).
